Skein-holder



MP0. CLAUSS.

SKEIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 056.23, 1919 Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

INVENTOR. Jifax 0. Clause, BY WM ATTORNEY max o'r'ro amass. or NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR TO THE CLARK THREAD COM- PANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SKEIN-HOLDEB- Specification of Letters Patent.

SUED

ente Dec. Q7, 1921.

Original application filed August 1, 1919, Serial No. 314,647. Divided and this application filed December 23, 1919. Serial No. 346,837.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX Orro CLAUss, a citizen of Germany, and a resident of the borough of the Bronx, county of the Bronx, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in skein-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skein holders for skeining machines and constitutes a division of my prior application filed August 1, 1919, Serial No. 314,647.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a simple, inexpensive and reliable holder for the windings of a skeining machine whereby the thread as it is formed into a multiplicity of superposed loops in the manner referred to in my prior application, will be securely held under tension, so that the thread strands will not become entangled. I thus entirely eliminate the raveling ortwisting of the thread upon itself. The normal tendency of textile threads and particularly coarse cotton thread to twist upon itself when it is not under tension, is well-known, and it is the aim and purpose of this invention to provide a holder for the skein strands which, particularly when used in connection with my improved method of winding the thread into skein loops, will entirely eliminate this very ,undesirable "and sometimes ruinous condition. In producing a skein holder for the above urpose, in the preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide two relatively movable loo rece ving and holding parts which in their normal relative ositions will maintain the thread strands un er a certain tension as the thread is wound thereon so that when the several superposed series of thread loops constituting a completed skein. are opene out into a single loop consisting of a multiplicity of thread strands, the strands will lie perfectly straight without twisting or kink- It is a further object of my invention to rovide an improved skein holder upon which the thread is wound to form a skein in the manner disclosed in my application above identified, and which is so constructed that, while the skein is still upon the holder, a tubular band or label maybe readily applied to the several skein loops by an d ignates the body of the skein holder,

attendant or operative, said holder being equlpped with a suitable latch means to releasably hold the relatively movable parts 1n normal position and permit of the easy and quick removal of the completed skein from the holder.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved skein holder as above characterized and in the form, construction, and relative arrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and defined in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing, wherein similar reference. characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which I have illustrated one practicalembodiment of the improved skein holder,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the holder in position for the thread to be wound thereon.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the wound upon the holder.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation illustrating the relative position of the parts of the holder when the skein is to be removed.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

\ Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the method of looping or winding the thread upon the holder to form the skein.

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing an intermediate point in the separation of the skein loops.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view showing the superposed loops completely separated to form a single loop.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 deswhich, as shown, is of channel form in cross section and includes the side flanges 6 integrally connected by the body plate 7. The flanges thread 6 extend beyond one end of the plate 7 and terminate in the angularly disposed arms 8 which are recessed or bifurcated as at 9. The plate 7 is provided with spaced openings 10 to receive suitable fastening elements whereby the holder may be securely fixed upon one of the links of an endless chain or other carrier of a skein winding machine.

The skein holding member 11 consists of the body member and the arm 14.- is

'extendin a plate having an angularly bent flan e 13 along one of its longltu lnal edges. his flange, at one end of the 4 late 12, is formed with an angularly dispose arm 14 which is bifurcated or recessed as at 15. The flange 13 is arranged closely ad acent to theinner face of one of the side flanges 6 on PIV- oted as at 16 to the arm 8 on the flange 6.

,It will be observed that the bifurcation 15 of the arm 14 is not obstructed by the arm 8 but projects beyond the edge of the latter arm.

A loop forming element 17 is fixed to the other end of the plate 12 and is disposed at the (inner edge thereof-and in a plane at right angles to the plane of said plate. This element may be of any desired length, but as indicated in the drawing, is preferably about twice the length of the body member 5. This I element 17 at its free end is notched or bifurcated as shown at 18 and adjacent to said notch alongitudinally extending cavity or recess 19. is formed in one edge of said element for a purpose which will be hereinafter explained.

The body member 5 and the loop forming element 17 are normally held against relative pivotal movement by means of a'latch dog 20 which is pivoted as' at 21 upon an angular extension 22 formed on one of the flanges 6 of the body member. This do is is engaged with the an 'ularly adapted to engage a shoulder 23 forme on the end .of the flange 13 and is yieldingly held in such engagement by means of a spring 24, one end of which is fixed to the flange 6 by the screw 25, while its other end disposed lug 26 formed on the latch 0g 20.

In practice, a plurality of the skein holding'devices, as above described,'are mounted upon the links of an endless chain in spaced relation to each other, which constitutes a part of a skein winding mechanism. An mtermittent movement is transmltted to this chain andthe skein holding devices are successively brought to a substantially horizontal position at the upper end of the vertically disposed chain as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The thread is carried and looped upon the parts of the" holding devices by means of a suitably actuated flier, but in so from the holder,

be accomplished either automatically or by 11" plication and .as this method constitutes no as part of the present invention, it will not be herein described in detail. The windin' evolutions constituting a com lete cycle 0 operation are illustrated in- Fi 6 of the drawing, while Figs. 7 and 8 s ow successive stages of the skein as the several loops thereof are. separated or opened out for use. These figures correspond with the same figures in my prior application to which reference may be had for a fuller understanding of the method of winding.

The winding operation is continued until the desired len h of thread has been wound upon the hol er into a skein in which a series of separate and distinct loops are formed with the loops arranged in an rposed relation. It W1 1, ofcourse, be un erstood that the number of su porting points of the skein 1001i; may be multiplied to form as great a num may be desired.

ho der, in the next intermittent movement of the chain or carrier theholder with the skein thereon will be positioned at one side of the uppersprocket wheel. While in this position the attendant or operative may now easily slip a tubular aper 30 over the end of the element 17 an over the loop strands to approximately the position indicated in Fig. of the drawing. In the continued intermlttent movements of the chain, the

holder is finally brou ht to a position where the latch dog I 20 wil be automatically engaged and re eased from with relation to the holder 23. At t e same time-a part is engaged in the notch or bifurcation 15 of the arm 14'and the loo forming member 11 carrying the element 17 is swun laterally and outwardly in a horizonta a-posit1on at right angles to its 1 plane to former position with respect --to the chain as also seen in Fig. 4 of the drawing. In the movement of the element 17 to the latter position, x the bifurcated arms 8 is slightly loosen so that the loops may be readily disengaged from said arms in the removal of the skein which latter operation may hand. T ere is a natural tendency of the yarn or thread, and particularly of coarse yarns, to twist upon itself when the individual strands of the skein are separated. I have found that holding the series of thread 120 loops under tension in the formation of the skein effectually eliminates this twisting tendency of the thread or yarn so that when the skein loops are separated, the thread will not twist at spaced intervals whereb -.-the 128 possibility of entanglement of the t read strands with each other is obviated. The several superposed series of skein loops may r of loops in the skein as 85 ter the skein has been wound upon the its locking sition 100 the tension of the skein loops u on be very easily sgparated into a single loop, as indicated in igs. 7 and 8 of the drawl rom the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction andmanner of operation of the improved skein holder will be readily understood. While I have referred to these holders as mounted upon a flexible carrier chain, it is of course apparent that my invention is not to be restricted to this particular manner of mounting the holders, as they might obviously be arranged upon a rotating disk, or any other suitable form of carrier or support. A holder of this construction for the skein loops enables a tubular band or label to be readily slipped over the superposed loops while they are still upon the holder to thereby prevent separation of the individual thread strands. This operation may be carried out in an expeditious manner and without difficulty by merely slipping a bandlongitudinally over the end of the thin metal blade 17. Thus, when the skein is removed from the holder there is no possibility of the several loop strands becoming separated. While I therefore prefer, in practice to construct the holder in the manner herein described, it is nevertheless to be borne in mind that the several detail parts of this holder are likewise susceptible to various mechanical changes, and the device may be exemplified in numerous other constructions without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

The blade 17 is resiliently movable but normally maintains a sufliciently rigid position to hold the thread loops under tension. The paper bands 30 for holding the skein loops in compact relation as shown in Fig. 4, are slipped over the blades 17 of the skein holders and the skein loops thereon with great rapidity, and in so doing, a lateral pressure may be exerted against the blade 17 so that it will be deflected from its normal position. Immediately upon the release of such momentary pressure, the blade will return to such normal position.

I claim:

1. A thread skein holder comprising a plurality of spaced thread engaging parts and a loop supporting part pivotally connected with the thread engaging parts.

2. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having a plurality of spaced thread receiving parts thereon and a loop supporting part pivotally connected with the body member.

3. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having upturned side flanges with thread supporting parts formed thereon, and a loop supporting part pivotally connected with one of the side flanges of the body member.

4. A thread skein holder comprising a plurality of thread supporting parts, means for rigidly connecting the thread supporting parts, an elongated loop supporting part pivotally connected with one of the thread supporting parts, and latch means for holding the thread supporting part and loop supporting part in position to receive the thread.

5. A thread skein holder comprising a body portion consisting of a plate with upturned side flanges, thread receiving part-s formed on the forward ends of the side flanges, an-elongated loop receiving part pivoted to one of the side flanges, and a latch pivotally connected with one of the side flanges for engaging the loop supporting part to hold it in loop receiving relation with the thread receiving parts.

6. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having a plurality of spaced thread engaging parts, a loop holding element mounted upon said body member for movement relative thereto, and latch means coacting with said element to normally retain the same in its thread loop recelving position with respect to said body member.

7. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having a plurality of spaced thread engaging parts, a loop holding element pivotally mounted upon the body member and having a single thread engaging part, and latch means coacting with saidelement to normally retain the samein its thread 100 receiving position with respect to said b0 y member.

8. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having spaced thread engag- 105 ing parts, and a thread loop receiving part disposed in a plane intermediate of the planes of said spaced parts and in longitudinally spaced relation thereto.

9. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having spaced thread engaging parts, and a relatively movable thread loop receiving part disposed in a plane intermediate the planes of said spaced parts on the body member and in longitudinally 116 spaced relation thereto to hold the thread loops under tension, saidloop receiving part being movable to relieve the tension on the thread loops whereb the skein may be removed from the hol er.

10. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having spaced thread engaging parts, a thread loop holding element movably mounted upon the body member and projecting longitudinally therefrom, said element having a thread loop receiving part disposed in a plane intermediate the planes of said spaced parts on the body member and longitudinally spacedtherefrom, and latch means to coact with said element and retain the same in its 100 receiving position with respect to said ody member.

11'. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having spaced thread engaging parts, a thread loop holding element pivotally mounted upon said body member for movement relative thereto, said element also having a thread loop receiving part, and a latch dog mounted upon the body member to coact with said element and rerespect-to said bod member.

13. A- thread s ein holder comprising thread and loop receiving and holding parts .includin a loop receiving and holding member pro ectin from the thread receivin parts to enab e a skein loop holding band to be engaged around the loops on the loop holding member.

14. A thread skein holder comprising a body member having thread engaging parts a loop holding element movably mounted upon the body member and having an independently resilientl movable blade terminating at one end in loop receiving means, said blade in its normal position holdin the thread loops under tension and adapted to receive a loop holding band inserted longitudinally upon said blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

MAX OTTO CLAUSS. 

